Example sentences of "as it [vb past] [adv prt] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The idea was born from the success of the Central Scotland Association , which generated increasing interest as it took on health boards over matters as diverse as single-sex lavatories in an Edinburgh hospital to provision of extra female doctors in the village of Auchterarder . |
| 2 | ok , this poem 's called erm A Pause In A Moment Worn out days dressed in damp wheat , heavy coat pulling at tired shoulders , memory pushed back , brought forward in the click of a stick , pause in a moment , sunset reflected in eyes offering the warmth of recognition , so that poem started with the overcoat and that was the mood as I say , that was the mood of rejection erm and there was something about the way the old girl was looking at the women on the bridge , almost as if there was this recognition and , as it brought back memories that perhaps went or as black as the overcoat , erm the next er painting which I 'm going to read to you about is erm have you |
| 3 | Ultimately the government will probably bail out Krakatau as it bailed out Mr Liem 's Indocement , South-East Asia 's largest cement producer , which faced bankruptcy in 1985 after expanding too rapidly . |
| 4 | Mr Shevardnadze said the Russian air force Sukhoi Su-27 plane was shot down early yesterday by Georgian troops as it flew over positions near Sukhumi , controlled by government forces . |
| 5 | It was risky — the sentry would be sure to hear their horse as it picked up speed — but crossing the dangerous waters of the Severn at night was riskier , and would point them in the wrong direction for Winchester . |
| 6 | She could almost write his hurt for him , his wonder at another of Sylvie 's acts , trace the workings of his mind as it ferreted out reasons , laid blame at his own doorstep . |